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California

San Simeon

beachtide: mid

1.5Updated 0 min ago

Face

4.3ft

10s period

Swell

WNW

292°

Windcross-off

5 mph

ESE

Tide

-0.1 ft

slack

ConditionsChoppy

Choppy

46% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

Wind sea

WNW

7.6ft

7s

not surfable

not surfable

P1 (primary)

WNW

4.0ft

10s

69%

P2 (secondary)

WSW

2.2ft

12s

22%

P3 (tertiary)

WSW

1.5ft

15s

10%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowdlight

Hazardsrocks, reef, cold water, sharks, rips

Optimal conditions

SwellWSW 247°

WindE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46259

Hs8.9 ft

Tp7s

DirNW

Water60°F

Reading5/14/2026, 4:26:00 AM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

4.6

10s

WNW291°

4mphoffshore

-0.1ft↑

5am

4.5

9s

WNW290°

3mphoffshore

0.1ft↑

8am

4.4

9s

WNW290°

0mphcross-on

2.5ft↑

11am

4.2

10s

WNW290°

7mphonshore

3.6ft↓

2pm

3.4

13s

WSW242°

13mphonshore

1.8ft↑

5pm

1.6

16s

SSW193°

15mphcross-on

2.0ft↑

8pm

2.9

13s

WSW239°

8mphcross-on

5.0ft↑

11pm

5.6

12s

WSW242°

3mphoffshore

5.5ft

Fri, May 15

2am

5.7

12s

WSW241°

4mphcross-off

1.7ft↓

5am

5.7

12s

WSW241°

5mphcross-off

-0.8ft↑

8am

5.6

12s

WSW242°

2mphcross

1.4ft↑

11am

1.5

14s

SSW192°

6mphonshore

3.7ft↓

2pm

1.5

14s

SSW192°

13mphcross-on

2.5ft↓

5pm

1.6

14s

SSW192°

17mphcross-on

2.0ft↑

8pm

1.6

14s

SSW192°

18mphcross-on

4.8ft↑

11pm

2.1

16s

WSW240°

13mphcross-on

6.2ft

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